Forest expansion as explained by climate change and changes in land use: A study from Bergen, Western Norway

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 579-589

  Penniston, Ruth ^a   Lundberg, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forestation drivers; Land use change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914106453     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoa.12056     Document Type: Article

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